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An automated surface-reconstruction procedure to build 3D-copies of 3D-objects has been developed. The 3D-reconstruction is derived from several adjacent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) slices where the object outer boundaries are first detected, thinned and finally vectorized using Freeman chain-encoding techniques. The so obtained vertices carrying definite control points are then triangulated to create the desired wire frame model of the surface-reconstructed 3D-object. For scientific visualization, the 3D-object can then be shaded, animated in real-time and/or processed to obtain a 3D-copy. Such 3D-hardcopy replicas are produced using stereolithographic techniques.
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Ghezal, A., Stucki, P. (1991). 3D-Copies of Surface-Reconstructed 3D-Models. In: Radig, B. (eds) Mustererkennung 1991. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 290. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08896-8_71
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